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A quick and easy way to create an SSH SOCKS proxy
Authored by: mikec964 on Jul 24, '09 04:00:25PM

Is there an easier way? I don't really understand all the settings, but it seems like I have to make a lot of them:

First, I use this app or the command line to create a proxy.

Second, I change my Location to "Insecure". On that location, I've configured a SOCKS proxy. (It hasn't seemed to work to make an FTP or web proxy.)

Third, I configure each application individually to use the SOCKS proxy.

With Firefox I use FoxyProxy. Safari seems to auto-detect. Transmit requires a preference change. Thunderbird I configure manually (because I haven't tried other settings yet).

I'd like a simple way to switch all this on when I'm at a coffee shop, off when I'm at home.



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